The event will be talking about how IBM is working to create a Smarter Planet, and talking about the initiatives to do this in different industries i.e. Smarter Water, Smarter Energy and Smarter Retail.

Professor Mike Reed is Professor of Human Resource Management at Cardiff Business School, and is currently an Honorary member of the Department of Organisation, Work and Technology at Lancaster University Management School. His research interests include changing forms of organisation and new forms of work organisation and control.

Champions Life Academy is a nationally recognised business-training programme that develops students for the business world. Over an 11-week summer programme, students receive award-winning training and then get the chance to put it into practice by fundraising for our partner charity.

This seminar will be presented by Dr. Jun Li, who is a Senior Lecturer in Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the Essex Business School, University of Essex. He is a co-editor for the Journal of Chinese Entrepreneurship (Emerald) and was the president of Chinese Economic Association (UK/Europe, 2011 – 2012).

Unilever are hosting a BRAND QUIZ providing you with the opportunity to win great prizes! It will consist of three picture rounds, in which different logos need to be recognised and linked to the corresponding brand and companies' names.

Communicating or presenting effectively to groups is a valuable skill for you at university and will be essential once you're in the workplace. This session will give hints and tips about how to improve your presentation skills.

Learn how to understand and forecast your time series. This two-day course is an ideal introduction to forecasting. You will learn how to explore and analyse your data, build robust and accurate time series forecasts using exponential smoothing and understand your forecasting performance.

The Bangkok Applicant Event is a great opportunity to find out more about studying at one of the UK's leading universities, meet other students who have offers for Lancaster University and also meet with our alumni - to find out about student life at Lancaster University from those who have already experienced it!

Professor Laura Empson is professor of the Management of Professional Service Firms at Cass Business School. Her research interests include leadership dynamics in professional service firms and has covered themes such as: mergers and acquisitions, the professionalisation of management, organizational and identity change, knowledge management, and diversity management.

Professor Peter Scott is Professor of International Business History at the Henley Business School. His research interests include: the growth of mass consumption, consumer credit and owner-occupation, together with their impacts on household behaviour; the evolution of mass retailing formats in Britain and the United States; and the development of consumer goods industries.

The China UK Entrepreneurship Challenge aims to encourage new business ventures between China and the United Kingdom, and is intended to simulate the real-world process of entrepreneurs seeking start-up funds from early stage investors and venture capital firms.

This fast moving two day programme will utilise case studies, practical and innovative exercises, and peer to peer discussions to develop your strategic thinking resulting in a comprehensive business plan for you and your business.

LUMS International Officer, Emma Jupp, will be holding one-to-one interview sessions for students considering LUMS at Mentor International's Bangkok Office on Friday 28th March from 1pm. Please note that prior booking is required.

LUMS International Officer, Emma Jupp, will be holding one-to-one interview sessions for students considering LUMS at Hands On's Bangkok Office on Tuesday 1st April from 2pm. Please note that prior booking is required.

On Wednesday 9 April the Lancaster MBA Admissions Office will be holding a Virtual Chat Session. The Executive/Full time MBA Programme Director and the Admissions team will be online to answer any questions you may have about the programmes and the admissions process.

This event is an opportunity for alumni and placement students to develop their effective team working, a key skill for successful career development. It combines guest speaker expertise with input from Lancaster Careers professionals and fellow alumni.

The first KoLa Workshop on Finance and Econometrics, jointly organised by the Department of Accounting and Finance at LUMS
and the Department of Economics at the University of Konstanz, Germany, will take place from the 7 to 10 May 2014 at Lancaster University Management School.

This Virtual Open Day is for anyone interested in studying on the MA in Human Resources and Consulting, especially if they are not able to visit Lancaster University Management School. All sessions are online, using a dedicated website so you can attend easily without travelling anywhere!

This second conference welcomes and seeks to bring together academics, policy makers and practitioner delegates from China, UK and other parts of the world. It will create a ‘theory-practitioner' community with a shared interest in China and in the development of innovation and entrepreneurship.

On Wednesday 14 May the Lancaster MBA Admissions Office will be holding a Virtual Chat Session. The Executive/Full time MBA Programme Director and the Admissions team will be online to answer any questions you may have about the programmes and the admissions process.

Lancaster alumni are invited to join us on campus as we celebrate Lancaster University's 50th Anniversary. This is the flagship alumni event to celebrate the University's 50th Anniversary, hosted by the Chancellor, Sir Christian Bonington, and the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Mark E. Smith.

This Workshop will seek to engage with the issue of how organized destruction in the form of warfare and related forms of violent conflict can be better understood and theorised, and with the consequences such an understanding might have for organization studies as a whole.